Dr Imraan Buccus, a senior research associate at the Auwal Socio-Economic Research Institute (ASRI) and the University of Johannesburg, warned that the xenophobia crisis in Durban had reached a “critical point,” with growing fears of further violence, widespread looting and even a large-scale riots as June 30 approached.

Vigilante groups and right-wing populist forces are stoking anti-immigrant sentiment and demanding that they leave the country by June 30. Experts fear serious economic…

Dr Imraan Buccus, a senior research associate at the Auwal Socio-Economic Research Institute (ASRI) and the University of Johannesburg, warned that the xenophobia crisis in Durban…